Nico, On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 10:06 +0200, Nico De Ranter wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not sure whether this is the right list to send my question to. If > it isn't please direct me in the right direction :-) This list doesn't see much traffic for some reason. I'm sure your question is fine. > I have a dual-monitor setup with both screens setup as independent x > displays (so no twinview or xinerama). Apparently this type of setup > isn't used much however I like it very much as it allows me to keep my > mail or a web browser open on 1 screen while working and switching > viewports independently on the other screen. I use a similar configuration on FreeBSD using TwinView with a single graphics card. > Unfortunately with this > setup it is not possible to drag windows from one display to the other, > however I don't mind as long as there is a reliable way to start > applications on the display where I want them to be. Now there is the > rub: depending on the Linux distribution and even the version of the > distribution, starting applications from the Gnome menu bars or the menu > I get when right-clicking the desktop background will start applications > on the screen where I'm clicking or more likely always on the first > display (making it impossible to work as I can't drag them to the other > display). For instance in Ubuntu 9.04 most applications I start from > the top menu bar will insist on appearing on the first display (not all > of them however?). I also saw this behaviour. I don't have a reliable record but it's possible that it started after upgrading gnome to 2.26.1. I didn't get around to investigating whether a fix was available. Upgrading to 2.26.3 seems to have fixed it. > Most notably it is now impossible for me to start an > xterm on my second display (I know I can force this by manually starting > the application with the '--display ' option but that's not easy to work > with as my wife also uses my pc so the display number will change > depending on who logged in first). I was able to launch gnome-terminal and other apps on screen 1 simply by launching them via the "Run Application" menu (Alt-F2) executed with screen 1 active - and subsequently also by launching apps from the command line in a gnome-terminal session opened on screen 1. > Note that Ubuntu 8.10 did not have > this problem. I already asked this question in the Ubuntu forum but > there I mainly got blank stares. I'm assuming this behaviour has > something to do with the Gnome version being used which is why I'm > trying my luck here now. > > So, is there a way to change this behaviour so applications started from > the menu bars at the top and bottom of the screen will always start on > that specific display? > > Or otherwise how can I change the menu I get when I right-click on the > desktop background? Whatever I start from this menu seems to appear on > the correct display. Unfortunately there isn't much useful in this menu > on Ubuntu. The information I found on the Gnome website regarding > changing menus seems to be mostly about chaning the menus for the top > and bottom menu bars. There seems to be a utility called nautilus-actions however I've never used it. It also seems that some people consider it worthwhile to use compiz-fusion to take advantage of its ability to configure desktop menus. Googling on something like "gnome desktop right-click menu" should bring up some useful pages. Wayne _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
